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...touched down by a player before he could claim the ball as his. This always occasioned the roughest of play. Sometimes a player would seize the ball and then lay on his back, holding fast the ball all the time, in order to prevent his opponents from securing a touchdown. Men were often severely injured in this...
Rule 4.-When the ball is carried across the goal line it shall be a touchdown at the point where it crosses...
...Theta Delta Chi foot ball team of this college played a game with a team from the same society in Tufts college yesterday afternoon, at College Hill. The Harvard team was victorious, by a score of twenty-eight points, (four goals, and one touchdown,) to nothing. Mr. Brooks of Boston University was referee...
...there," were among the frequent exclamations as the game went on, and the players grew more and more excited. The reds forced the blues to a safety, and one of the latter, a long-legged waiter dude got the ball, and making a tremendous run, scored a touchdown. One of the 200-pounders took out the ball and lying on his stomach held it, but the try at goal failed. Then the reds had a stroke of luck and made a touchdown, from which, after much advice from all sides, a goal was kicked...
...best made by any Harvard man. Harvard worded hard, but Yale forced the ball, when Terry, getting a catch in mid-field, made his only successful run of the day, and carried the ball close to the line. Bayne slipped through the Harvard rush line and made the last touchdown, from which Terry kicked goal number six. Score, 48-0. But few minutes remained. Bemis downed Richards, who tried to run, Coxe tried to gain ground, and from the "down" he made the ball was passed to Bayne, who slipped through. Time was called ere he could reach the line...